Recently I discovered that according to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)’s website the average processing time for a visitor visa to Canada applying from South Africa was a whopping 569 days.

I was curious to see how long other countries had to wait, so I compiled all the processing times manually (no ChatGPT) into a table and then visualized it in Looker Studio, Google’s data visualization platform.

Below you can view the Looker Studio dashboard itself.

You can view the most recent data on the official IRCC website at this link:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html

Full Data of Canadian Visitor Visa Processing Times

Below is the full data showing average visitor visa processing times for 29 July 2025. Please consult the official IRCC site for correct and accurate visa processing times.

Country	Visa Required?	Processing Time (days)	Notes
Afghanistan	Yes	88
Albania	Yes	38
Algeria	Yes	39
Andorra	No (eTA if by air)		No processing time available
Angola	Yes	534
Anguilla	No (eTA if by air)		No processing time available
Antigua and Barbuda	No	14
Argentina	No	32
Armenia	Yes	15
Aruba	No (eTA if by air)	35
Australia	No	12
Austria	No	329
Azerbaijan	Yes	21
Bahamas	No	21
Bahrain	Yes	28
Bangladesh	Yes	44
Barbados	No	12
Belarus	Yes	35
Belgium	No	128
Belize	Yes	17
Benin	Yes	251
Bermuda	No (eTA if by air)	21
Bhutan	Yes	26
Bolivia	Yes	16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes		No processing time available
Botswana	Yes	26
Brazil	No for qualified nationals (eTA)	45
British Virgin Islands	No		No processing time available
Brunei	No		No processing time available
Bulgaria	No	1159
Burkina Faso	Yes	105
Burma (Myanmar)	Yes	18
Burundi	Yes	81
Cambodia	Yes	16
Cameroon	Yes	392
Cape Verde	Yes		No processing time available
Cayman Islands	No	27
Central African Republic	Yes	325
Chad	Yes	292
Chile	No	30
China	Yes	26
Colombia	Yes	72
Comoros	Yes		No processing time available
Congo, Republic	Yes	106
Costa Rica	No	17
Côte d’Ivoire	Yes	320
Croatia	No	1120
Cuba	Yes	13
Cyprus	No	87
Czech Republic	No	1120
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)	Yes	387
Denmark	No	320
Djibouti	Yes	28
Dominica	Yes	22
Dominican Republic	Yes	15
Ecuador	Yes	22
Egypt	Yes	74
El Salvador	Yes	14
Equatorial Guinea	Yes		No processing time available
Eritrea	Yes	25
Estonia	No	1137
Eswatini	Yes		No processing time available
Ethiopia	Yes	85
Fiji	Yes	11
Finland	No	503
France	No	99
Gabon	Yes	106
Gambia	Yes	560
Georgia	Yes	741
Germany	No	506
Ghana	Yes	90
Greece	No	35
Grenada	Yes	17
Guatemala	Yes	15
Guinea	Yes	259
Guinea-Bissau	Yes		No processing time available
Guyana	Yes	15
Haiti	Yes	15
Honduras	Yes	28
Hong Kong SAR	No (eTA if by air)	30
Hungary	No	230
Iceland	No	154
India	Yes	33
Indonesia	Yes	20
Iran	Yes	46
Iraq	Yes	148
Ireland	No	410
Israel	No (national passports only; visa‑required otherwise)	189
Italy	No	942
Jamaica	Yes	24
Japan	No	22
Jordan	Yes	147
Kazakhstan	Yes	19
Kenya	Yes	83
Kiribati	Yes		No processing time available
Korea, North (DPRK)	Yes		No processing time available
Korea, South	No	22
Kosovo	Yes	232
Kuwait	Yes	29
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	29
Laos	Yes	15
Latvia	No	1132
Lebanon	Yes	40
Lesotho	Yes		No processing time available
Liberia	Yes	294
Libya	Yes	97
Liechtenstein	No		No processing time available
Lithuania	No	1114
Luxembourg	No	120
Macao SAR	Yes	30
Macedonia	Yes	224
Madagascar	Yes	117
Malawi	Yes	459
Malaysia	Yes	44
Maldives	Yes		No processing time available
Mali	Yes	134
Malta	No	34
Marshall Islands	Yes		No processing time available
Mauritania	Yes	662
Mauritius	Yes	122
Mexico	No	75
Micronesia	Yes		No processing time available
Moldova	Yes	1158
Monaco	No		No processing time available
Mongolia	Yes	32
Montenegro	Yes	329
Morocco	No	28
Mozambique	Yes	396
Namibia	Yes	34
Nauru	Yes		No processing time available
Nepal	Yes	21
Netherlands	No	491
New Zealand	No	11
Nicaragua	Yes	39
Niger	Yes	372
Nigeria	Yes	44
Norway	No	394
Oman	Yes	36
Pakistan	Yes	47
Palau	Yes
Palestinian Authority (Gaza)	Yes	330
Palestinian Authority (West Bank)	Yes	330
Panama	No	35
Papua New Guinea	No		No processing time available
Paraguay	Yes	15
Peru	Yes	18
Philippines	No	28
Poland	No	1143
Portugal	No	105
Qatar	Yes	64
Romania	No (e‑passport holders; others may need)	1153
Russia	Yes	32
Rwanda	Yes	90
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No		No processing time available
Saint Lucia	No		No processing time available
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No		No processing time available
Samoa	No		No processing time available
San Marino	No		No processing time available
São Tomé and Príncipe	Yes		No processing time available
Saudi Arabia	Yes	54
Senegal	Yes	293
Serbia	Yes	107
Seychelles	No		No processing time available
Sierra Leone	Yes	245
Singapore	No	50
Slovakia	No	1138
Slovenia	No	947
Solomon Islands	No		No processing time available
Somalia	Yes	37
South Africa	Yes	569
South Sudan	Yes	34
Spain	No	351
Sri Lanka	Yes	17
Sudan	Yes	316
Suriname	Yes	12
Sweden	No	503
Switzerland	No	102
Syria	Yes	142
Taiwan	No (passport with ID‑number; others require visa)	19
Tajikistan	Yes	27
Tanzania	Yes	68
Thailand	No	15
Timor-Leste	Yes		No processing time available
Togo	Yes	281
Tonga	Yes		No processing time available
Trinidad and Tobago	No	16
Tunisia	Yes	93
Turkey	Yes	22
Turkmenistan	Yes		No processing time available
Turks and Caicos Islands	No	31
Tuvalu	Yes		No processing time available
Uganda	Yes	80
Ukraine	Yes	1153
United Arab Emirates	No	54
United Kingdom	No	302
United States of America	No visa, no eTA	20
Uruguay	No	41
Uzbekistan	Yes	26
Vanuatu	No		No processing time available
Vatican City	No		No processing time available
Venezuela	Yes	24
Vietnam	Yes	35
Western Sahara	Yes		No processing time available
Yemen	Yes		No processing time available
Zambia	Yes	438
Zimbabwe	Yes	526

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